Last day of radiation!

lndsmom
lndsmom Member Posts: 20
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Today was my last day of radiation. I have mixed feelings!! One part of me is SO VERY happy to be done with treatment and ready to be moving forward. The other part of me was crying today...I guess I grew close to my radiation tech and will miss her terribly.

I have another pressing health issue to followup on today...I developed a tachycardia and we need to find the underlying cause. Hopefully it's an easy fix and it will allow me to move forward with my plan.

So...today...I'm dancing...I'm done with active cancer treatment and (for the most part)...I feel GREAT!!! Dance with me!!

Penny
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  • prv
    prv Member Posts: 107
    #2
    great!
    Congratulations to you! I have seven more to go! Can't wait!
    prv
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #3
    Congratulations, Penny!
    Completion of rads is a huge accomplishment! Your "mixed feelings" are quite common. Rads is the only part of the journey during which we see the same folks five days a week, for a very long time...

    Hoping the secondary health issue will be an "easy fix" - indeed, so that you can continue to move forward.

    With my best wishes, and...

    Kind regards, Susan
  • padee6339
    padee6339 Member Posts: 763
    #4
    DITTO
    What they said. NED should be by soon to start the dance!!!! Now get the rest taken care of and be healthy!!!
    Hugs - Pat
  • GrandmaJ
    GrandmaJ Member Posts: 209
    #5
    Last day
    CONGRATULATIONS on completing radiation.....I've grown to love my two techs also. I'm halfway through....

    Keep dancing.

    Judy
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    #6
    Congratulations, Penny, on
    Congratulations, Penny, on finishing rads. It is a bittersweet memory but I'm still glad it's a memory. Good luck on your next hiccup, I'll hope it's easily resolved. Take care and have a celebration today, you so deserve it!!!
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #7
    MyTurnNow said:

    Congratulations, Penny, on
    Congratulations, Penny, on finishing rads. It is a bittersweet memory but I'm still glad it's a memory. Good luck on your next hiccup, I'll hope it's easily resolved. Take care and have a celebration today, you so deserve it!!!

    Congrats on finishing rads
    Congrats on finishing rads and wishing you the best for the other issue.
    Stef
  • WJGardner_Dec2009
    WJGardner_Dec2009 Member Posts: 50
    #8
    Radiation
    Congrats!! How di you do with radiatiom? I won't start until after chemo in Jun. I just hope i handle it okay.

    Wanda
  • ppurdin
    ppurdin Member Posts: 1,181 Member
    #9
    I am dancing with you Penny.
    I finished also a month ago.I am happy for you.I was very emotionaln my last day.It will get better.Good Luck to you. (Pat).
  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member
    #10
    prv said:

    great!
    Congratulations to you! I have seven more to go! Can't wait!
    prv

    Congrats!
    Congrats on finishing rads! That is so great! Praying that everything else will turn out to be ok.
  • jbug
    jbug Member Posts: 285
    #11
    Congrats you rad grad! I
    Congrats you rad grad! I know the mixed emotions part of things! Just as you did before, take it one day at a time. Let us know what you find out about your heart!

    God Bless...
    Julie
  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
    #12
    jbug said:

    Congrats you rad grad! I
    Congrats you rad grad! I know the mixed emotions part of things! Just as you did before, take it one day at a time. Let us know what you find out about your heart!

    God Bless...
    Julie

    Congrats
    Happy Rads grad. I get it about your tech's. I am going to miss mine to.
  • Sharon40
    Sharon40 Member Posts: 93
    #13
    Congrats!
    I am so happy for you! Congrats!!
  • aztec45
    aztec45 Member Posts: 757
    #14
    Congrats
    Congrats on finishing radiation. I am dancing with you. It is a dance much like the one in the King and I. "When we dance, 1-2-3..."

    P
  • Tyari
    Tyari Member Posts: 36
    #15
    aztec45 said:

    Congrats
    Congrats on finishing radiation. I am dancing with you. It is a dance much like the one in the King and I. "When we dance, 1-2-3..."

    P

    Congrats!! Get some rest
    Congrats!! Get some rest heal up and on to the next step!!

    Take care
    TY
  • Megan M
    Megan M Member Posts: 3,000
    #16
    Kat11 said:

    Congrats
    Happy Rads grad. I get it about your tech's. I am going to miss mine to.

    Congrats! I miss mine bad
    Congrats! I miss mine bad too, so, I see them as often as I can. I actually still see my rads oncologist every month, so, I get to see everyone then. We all became friends and I will never forget their kindness to me. Maybe stay in contact with them or just stop by. I bet they would love that!

    Megan
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #17
    ppurdin said:

    I am dancing with you Penny.
    I finished also a month ago.I am happy for you.I was very emotionaln my last day.It will get better.Good Luck to you. (Pat).

    Congratulations on finishing
    Congratulations on finishing rads! Good luck!


    KYLEZ ♥
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #18
    padee6339 said:

    DITTO
    What they said. NED should be by soon to start the dance!!!! Now get the rest taken care of and be healthy!!!
    Hugs - Pat

    YEH!
    Offering a big CONGRATS to you!


    Lex♥
  • Moopy23
    Moopy23 Member Posts: 1,751 Member
    #19
    Rads Graduate!
    Congratulations, Penny. I remember how happy and proud (also tired!) I was after my last radiation treatment. It is an accomplishment and relief.

    Like you, I also was sad at leaving my radiation friends. How surprised I was to find that I had grown fond of therapists when I had been so nervous and uncomfortable at first. There really is a bond, isn't there?

    I'm sorry to hear of the tachycardia. Please keep us updated. Hopefully it is only temporary and you will start feeling stronger soon.
  • smalldoggroomer
    smalldoggroomer Member Posts: 1,184
    #20
    congratulations!! I love
    congratulations!! I love reading these post I am just getting started but looking forward to the end LOL
  • KayNYC
    KayNYC Member Posts: 495 Member
    #21
    Congrats Rad grad
    Whoohoo, way to go. I am dancing with you. Welcome, to the alumni association of Grad Grads. You are now a rad grad. Yes,it is normal to miss the team that supported you throughout your rad treatment. Yes, it can be a bittersweet day. Just like graduating from college or high school, you miss the people and the structure it provided for such a long time. Celebrate and look forward.
    Good luck with the evaluation of the other health issue.
    Hugs, K

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